Indian Scientists Beg Modi to Stop Hiding the COVID Data

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Scientists are pleading with the prime minister to release vital sequencing data on the current strain of COVID-19 as well as testing and recovered patients to predict next surge.

Published Apr. 30 2021 6:53AM EDT

2021-04-30T050619Z_1891045402_RC256N9K1PNE_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-INDIA_gbpt9j — Adnan Abidi via Reuters

More than 350 scientists in India have signed a petition begging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to publicly release crucial COVID-19 data in a desperate attempt to mitigate the spread and predict the next surge.

Some fear that Modi’s desire to keep such vital information on variants, tests carried out, recovered patients,...

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Indian Scientists Beg Modi to Stop Hiding the COVID Data

Scientists are pleading with the prime minister to release vital sequencing data on the current strain of COVID-19 as well as testing and recovered patients to predict next surge.

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Indian Scientists Beg Modi to Stop Hiding the COVID Data

Scientists are pleading with the prime minister to release vital sequencing data on the current strain of COVID-19 as well as testing and recovered patients to predict next surge.

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